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Type of granite containing orthopyroxene
Charnockite (/ˈtʃɑːrnəkaɪt/) is any orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock formed at high temperature and pressure, commonly found in granulite facies’
Charnockite
Multicoloured metamorphic rock
created by the hydrothermal alteration of either granite, granodiorite, or charnockite. It is argued that the epidote in unakite was created by the alteration
Unakite
Collection of three statues in Dublin
are of Norwegian Blue Pearl granite with the shoes being black Indian charnockite and finished with bronze shoelace tips. The statue also wears a Trinity
Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture
Oscar_Wilde_Memorial_Sculpture
12°59′42″N 80°11′58″E / 12.99506°N 80.19955°E / 12.99506; 80.19955 Charnockite, St. Thomas Mount, located to the south of the Chennai city, in Pallavaram
Charnockite,_St._Thomas_Mount
than 50% carbonate minerals Charnockite – Type of granite containing orthopyroxene Enderbite – Igneous rock of the charnockite series Dacite – Volcanic rock
List_of_rock_types
Ancient supercontinent of approximately 2,500 to 1,500 million years ago
widespread anorogenic magmatic activity, forming anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite suites in North America, Baltica, Amazonia, and North China,
Columbia_(supercontinent)
Mountain range in the Eastern U.S.
of the rocks that form the Blue Ridge Mountains are ancient granitic charnockites, metamorphosed volcanic formations, and sedimentary limestone. Recent
Blue_Ridge_Mountains
Igneous rock of the charnockite series
In geology, enderbite is an igneous rock of the charnockite series, consisting essentially of quartz, antiperthite (or perthite), orthopyroxene (usually
Enderbite
Neighborhood of Chennai, India
cantonment and the airport were established during the British Raj. Charnockite mining activities were carried out in the nearby Pallavaram Hill. Pallavaram
Pallavaram
Plutonic intrusive igneous rock, that is essentially a hypersthene-bearing monzonite
monzonite. It often occurs in association with norite, anorthosite, charnockite and rapakivi granite in Proterozoic metamorphic belts. It is characterised
Mangerite
Hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
dominant rock exposed at the Mount is a typical representative of the charnockite series, a hypersthene-bearing quartz–feldspar granulite characteristic
St._Thomas_Mount
than two billion years old. Along the southern coast, granulite and charnockite shows reworking by an ancient orogeny mountain-building event. Situated
List_of_earthquakes_in_Peru
Mafic intrusive igneous rock composed predominantly of plagioclase
'anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) complex'. These rock types can include: Mangerite: a pyroxene-bearing monzonite intrusive igneous rock Charnockite: an
Anorthosite
Tiny intergrowths of quartz and feldspar in rocks
K-feldspar in magmatic rocks Ca-metasomatism of deformed K-feldspar in charnockites Ca-metasomatism of deformed plagioclase in anorthosites Here Ca-bearing
Myrmekite
Complex inosilicate series of minerals
and biotite mica, which are also dark minerals found in granite and charnockite. Pyroxenes differ in their cleavage planes, which intersect at 87° and
Hornblende
River in southern India
Closepet granite is found in the upper parts of the Kaveri basin and Charnockite rocks are only found in the central part. A 2017 paper proposed that
Kaveri
Metropolis in Kerala, India
backwaters. Predominant rock types found here are Archaean-basic dykes, Charnockites and Gneisses. An ecologically sensitive area, the Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary
Kochi
Mountain range along the eastern coast of India
khondalite and calcium silicate rocks. The major rock types found are charnockite, granite, khondalite, metamorphic, and quartzite. In the mesoproterozoic
Eastern_Ghats
Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event
comparatively quiet periods, during which AMCG (anorthosite / mangerite / charnockite / granite) plutons were intruded into the country rock. Polarities of
Grenville_orogeny
Foliated metamorphic rock
era. According to Lewis Leigh Fermor, the khondalite and the related charnockite of the Eastern Ghat region were formed when the Eastern Ghat belt was
Khondalite
Wildlife sanctuary in South India
families and shows a close affinity to the Western Ghats. The Biligiris are charnockite hills, covered with tropical dry broadleaf forest, part of the South
Biligiriranga_Hills
Tehsil in Palakkad district
supracrustals could be categorized into seven broad types. They are charnockite, hornblende gneiss, migmatitic amphibolite, quartz biotite gneiss, quartz-feldspathic
Attappadi_taluk
rock texture. Granoblastic texture is typical of quartzite, marble, charnockites and other non-foliated metamorphic rocks without porphyroblasts. Characteristics
Granoblastic
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882–1958)
pegmatite from Mawson Valley in Arkaroola, while the western boulder is of charnockite, from Mawson, Antarctica. Another bronze bust, created by Jean Perrier
Douglas_Mawson
District of Tamil Nadu in India
Tertiary sandstone are exposed. The Archaeans are mainly represented by the Charnockite group of rocks comprising garnetiferous granulite and the Khondalite
Ramanathapuram_district
ubatuba (Port. verde ubatuba) is the commercial name of a Brazilian charnockite, although it is often sold as a granite. It comes from the Ubatuba area
Green_ubatuba
17th-century East India Company administrator; disputed founder of Calcutta/Kolkata
H. Holland found it to be a different form of granite and named it Charnockite after Job Charnock. It is inscribed with the Latin epitaph: D.O.M. Jobus
Job_Charnock
River in south-central India
Supergroup, various sedimentary units of Cuddapah and Vindhyan basins, charnockites and khondalites of the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt and the
Godavari_River
District in Kerala, India
Pandikkad. Garneliforus Quartz is seen in the areas of Manjeri and Kondotty. Charnockite rocks are found in Nilambur and Edavanna. Dykes consisting of plagioclase
Malappuram_district
British geologist
Holland produced the first scientific description of what he named as charnockite from Job Charnock's tombstone located in St John's Church compound in
Thomas_Henry_Holland
Indian governmental organization
The survey identified and described various new rock types such as charnockite, hypersthene-bearing granite from St. Thomas Mount in Madras, khondalite
Geological_Survey_of_India
the Copperbelt. The granite, gneiss, migmatite, schist, amphibolite, charnockite, granulite, khondalite, phyllite, limestone and metaquartzite basement
Geology_of_Zambia
Lake in Kerala, India
formation of mainly archaean origin are recorded with intrusions of charnockite, biotite gneiss and dolerite dyke rocks. The Tertiary Varkala formations
Sasthamcotta_Lake
Single-species fungal genus
large stones, scoria debris, pebbles, rubble, gravel, silt, vulcanites, charnockite, and coarse-grained granite. It is commonly found in small rock crevices
Charcotiana
Type of igneous rock
trachyandesite Mugearite Shoshonite Basanite Blairmorite Boninite Carbonatite Charnockite Enderbite Dacite Diabase Diorite Napoleonite Essexite Foidolite Gabbro
Teschenite
assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent. The Eastern Ghats are made up of charnockites, granite gneiss, khondalites, metamorphic gneisses and quartzite rock
Geography_of_India
Pan-African orogeny and most rocks are highly metamorphosed pyroxene-gneiss, charnockite, biotite, hornblende. It also contains smaller occurrences of graphitic
Geology_of_Tanzania
widespread anorogenic magmatic activity, forming anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite suites in North America, Baltica, Amazonia and North China –
Timeline_of_Earth
Town in Kerala, India
formation is found above parent rock types of various composition namely, charnockite, leptynite, anorthosite and gabbro in Kerala. It is found over basalt
Angadipuram_Laterite
high-grade metamorphism in southern Malawi, producing rocks such as charnockite granulites, gneiss, hornblende schist and biotite. Perthite gneisses
Geology_of_Malawi
Geologic region in Eastern Canada
orogeny around 1.19-1.16 Ga. Its composition is Anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite. Nd model ages of Morin are around 1.3-1.5 Ga. The Adirondacks
Grenville_Province
Mine in Matzikama Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
deposit, South Africa; implications for REE-Th-Cu mineralization in charnockite-granulite terranes". Economic Geology. 89 (5): 994–1016. Bibcode:1994EcGeo
Steenkampskraal_mine
City in Tamil Nadu, India
Th/Sc, Co/Th, La/Sc, La/Co suggest a tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite–charnockite provenance, and somewhat more felsic composition of source area compared
Cuddalore
on the sequence of metamorphic facies. Granites are associated with charnockite bodies and granulite facies metamorphism. The Migmatite-Gneiss Complex
Geology_of_Nigeria
Swedish peninsula
of two different types of charnockite: Varberg charnockite and Apelviken-Getterön charnockite. At Getterön, the charnockite has slightly larger crystals
Getterön
Municipality in Tamil Nadu, India
sedimentary rock and 40 percent igneous rock. There is sandstone, laterite, charnockite, gneiss and granite covered by thick alluvium. Ilaiyangudi has average
Ilaiyangudi
Rift valley lake in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec
amphibolite to granulite gneiss, that are intruded by anorthosite, mangerite, charnockite, and granite plutonic rocks. The Lac Saint-Jean anorthosite is the major
Lac_Saint-Jean
Mountain range in Antarctica
400 metres (1,300 ft) above the ice surface. They have dark, weathered charnockite bedrock that is littered with light-colored quartz-rich, granitic gneiss
Brown_Range
around 60% of the area of the state and consist of gneisses, granites and charnockite rocks. Some of the minerals found in this region are dolomite, limestone
Geography_of_Karnataka
Mountain range in Antarctica
400 metres (1,300 ft) above the ice surface. They have dark, weathered charnockite bedrock that is littered with light-coloured quartz-rich, granitic gneiss
Framnes_Mountains
Sub-block of the North China craton
Xiwulanbulang in the east. The complex includes granitoids, granulites and charnockite. The granitoid rocks are predominantly medium (550-650 °C)- to high-grade
Western Block of the North China Craton
Western_Block_of_the_North_China_Craton
it is referred to as the Ntem Group and contains gneiss, granite and charnockite. The CAMZ also dates to the Archean and includes mica schist, migmatite
Geology_of_Cameroon
Hypothetical Archaean supercontinent from about 3.1 billion years ago
G.; Mallik, S. B. (2009). "Palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic study of charnockites from Tamil Nadu, India, and the 'Ur'protocontinent in Early Palaeoproterozoic
Ur_(continent)
District of Tamil Nadu in India
Geologically, the region features two main rock groups: the Khondalites and Charnockites with Migmatites also occurring in some areas. The Khondalites, composed
Kanyakumari_district
the mountain. The mountain was used extensively as a quarry for the charnockite it contains. During British rule, an airport was built nearby which opened
Pallavaram_Hill
Mountain range in India
National Park. The Palani Hills are formed of pre-Cambrian gneisses, charnockites and schists; they are among the oldest mountain ranges in India. The
Palani_Hills
is mainly composed of Khondalite formations and moderately extensive charnockites, granites, migmatites, and local pegmatites formations covering approximately
Geography_of_Odisha
limestone, travertine) Limestone/Dolomite Jerusalem stone Anorthosite Charnockite Diabase Diorite Granite Gabbro Gneiss Limestone Marble Monzonite Sandstone
List_of_decorative_stones
Geographical overview
(gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites
Geography_of_Sri_Lanka
Part of the East European Craton
divided by major faults into the Vinnitsa and Gayvoron regions. Archaean charnockite intrusions are common in the southeast. Exposed rocks in western Sarmantia
Sarmatian_Craton
River in Tamil Nadu, India
tends to be more hilly and forested to the west and inland. Deposits of charnockite and fissile hornblende gneiss are the most common geological deposits
Vellar River (Northern Tamil Nadu)
Vellar_River_(Northern_Tamil_Nadu)
metagabbro, granites, diabase, granitoids, granodiorites, enderbite-charnockite, and Late Archean metagabbros. Late Proterozoic deposits include the
Geology_of_Belarus
Biodiversity reserve in Quebec, Canada
the summits are between 350 and 500 m high. The bedrock is composed of charnockite gneiss and mixed gneiss in the eastern and western portions of the reserve
Vallée-de-la-Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite Biodiversity Reserve
Vallée-de-la-Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite_Biodiversity_Reserve
Scientific expedition, 2000–2002
porphyritic granite and charnockite. A nunatak east of Muhlig-Hoffmannfjell depicts a classical inter-relationship between charnockite and granite; but no
Twentieth Indian Expedition to Antarctica
Twentieth_Indian_Expedition_to_Antarctica
Area defining a rock type or formation
example, dunite is named for the for Dun Mountain in New Zealand and charnockite is named after the rock that forms the tombstone of Job Charnock, the
Type_locality_(geology)
Protected area lying in Palakkad district of Kerala state
Forest Division. The sanctuary has a hornblende, biotite, gneiss and charnockite geology. Altitude ranges between 300 m and 1438 m. There is a 600 m elevation
Parambikulam_Tiger_Reserve
Fort in Andhra Pradesh, India
urens and Chloroxylon swetenia. The hill range is mainly made up of charnockites, with some pyroxene granulites, granites, khondalites, pyroxenites and
Kondapalli_Fort
Type of igneous rock
granites are often found associated with intrusions of anorthosite, norite, charnockite and mangerite. It has been suggested that the entire suite results from
Rapakivi_granite
and sedimentary rocks, dating back to 1.8 billion years ago. Igneous charnockite, with large amounts of blue quartz, rocks also formed during the Grenville
Geology_of_Virginia
Sathanur Sathanur Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu Fossil Park 9 St. Thomas Charnockite St. Thomas Mount, Chennai Chennai district Tamil Nadu Rock Monuments
National Geological Monuments of India
National_Geological_Monuments_of_India
Church in West Bengal, India
way from Pallavaram near Chennai, which later came out to be known as Charnockite. The grave also contains the body of Charnock's wife and several other
St._John's_Church,_Kolkata
River in India
Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) in the south (Trivandrum Block) from the Charnockite massif in the north (Madurai Block). The Achankovil river drains this
Achankovil
Geologic composition of Antarctica
Napier Complex, and were emplaced between about 1200 to 1400 Ma. Massive charnockite bodies are present in the East Antarctica complex Proterozoic mobile
Geology_of_Antarctica
Neighbourhood in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India
around Sholavandan is speculated to be hard rock, represented by the Charnockites and mixed Gneisses. Sholavandan being on the banks of the river Vaigai
Sholavandan
State of Nigeria
rich in mineral deposits. These include granite, kaolinite, columbite, charnockite, iron ore, baryte, limestone, aquamarine, gemstone, phosphate, limestone
Ekiti_State
Oblast (region) of Ukraine
decorative qualities of Vinnytsia's granites, sorbites, vinnytsites, and charnockites are used to manufacture stone, facing slabs, window sills, monuments
Vinnytsia_Oblast
National park in Sri Lanka
the high series of the Precambrian era and are made up of Khondalites, Charnockites and granitic gneisses. The soil type is of the red-yellow podsolic group
Horton_Plains_National_Park
Maar in New Mexico, United States
both high-silica (felsic) and low-silica (mafic) compositions, mostly charnockite and anorthosite. These likely took less than three days to reach the
Kilbourne_Hole
Failed rift of tectonic plates in the southern US
assemblage is very similar to the mid-Proterozoic age anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) complexes of North America, but for the lack of coarse
Southern_Oklahoma_Aulacogen
the greenstone belt-dominated Gavião Block and the calc-alkaline charnockite and enderbite-dominated Jequié Block—collided. The Contendas-Jacobina
Transamazonian_orogeny
Town in Central Province, Sri Lanka
Highland Complex of Sri Lanka and major rock formation is Precambrian charnockite gneiss with strips of quartz and biotite gneiss here and there. Soil
Gampola
Mountain range in East Antarctica
felsic igneous activity over a long period of time 3.0 Ga: emplacement of charnockite at Proclamation Island 2.8 Ga: occurrence of a very-high grade discrete
Napier_Mountains
Linear relation between compressional wave velocity and the density of rocks and minerals
Serpentinite CA 2.710 5.8 — 6.08 6.31 Slate Medford, MA 2.734 5.49 — 5.91 6.22 “Charnockite” Pallavaram, India 2.740 6.15 — 6.30 6.46 Granodiorite gneiss NH 2.758
Birch's_law
schists, micaschists, gneisses, migmatites, amphibolites, granites, charnockites, eclogites, metabasalts, calc-silicate rocks and pyroxenites. In northwestern
Geology_of_Benin
surrounding the backwaters. The major rock types are Archaean-basic dykes, Charnockites and Gneisses. Kochi's climate is generally tropical, with no harsh extremities
Geography_of_Kochi
coast of Sweden, the Mylonite Zone separates high-pressure granulite and charnockite from medium-grade metamorphic rocks in the Median zone. For the most
Geology_of_Sweden
Mountain in Antarctica
isolated roof pendants within the late Proterozoic Mawson Charnockite. The Mawson Charnockite is an extensive batholith of plutonic igneous rock that has
Painted_Peak
Bundelkhand gneiss and the Nilgiri gneiss. The Nilgiri system comprises charnockites ranging from granites to gabbros. Rocks of the earliest part of the Cambrian
Geology_of_India
Village in Karnataka, India
transported soils. The rock formation in the district falls into two groups, Charnockite series and granite genesis and gneissic granite. The village has a nice
Ponnachi
Fragment of Earth's crust
gneiss domes are circular or oval and around 10–50 km wide. Some charnockites and granites can be found in the core. Their formation remains controversial
Eastern Block of the North China Craton
Eastern_Block_of_the_North_China_Craton
than two billion years old. Along the southern coast, granulite and charnockite shows reworking by an ancient orogeny mountain building event. Situated
Geology_of_Peru
Ancient irrigation system in Sri Lanka
recourse to the storage of surface water in small tanks." Granite and charnockite underlie in this area, decreasing permeability. The "undulating topography"
Tank_cascade_system
Nature reserve in Halland, Sweden
the area there are several giant's kettles. The bedrock consists of charnockite. The rock is also called Varberg granite and is rare in Sweden, except
Western Getterön Nature Reserve
Western_Getterön_Nature_Reserve
Town in Karnataka, India
of southern Mysore represent the remnants of the older khondalite – charnockite system. While the town has a number of important old Hindu shrines, it
Sargur
Type of volcanic arc occurring along a continental margin
Santosh, M.; Wang, Jinli; Dong, Xin; Shen, Kun (2010). "Late Cretaceous charnockite with adakitic affinities from the Gangdese batholith, southeastern Tibet:
Continental_arc
Back water in allepey
leachable. Sediment is high in iron content possiblily because weathering of charnockite and pagmetite rocks. A 1955 study by Mary John identified fifteen species
Kayamkulam_Kayal
reworked during the Pan-African orogeny. Kasila Group rocks include charnockite, garnet-hornblende gneiss, garnet and plagioclase gneiss and acid gneiss
Geology_of_Sierra_Leone
platform levels and Mesoproterozoic amphibolite-grade rocks. There are also charnockite and anorthosite intrusions that intersect metasediments and orthogneiss
Geology_of_Ontario
Local variation of the Earth's magnetic field in central Africa
Proterozoic periods in the central part of the anomaly, granulites, and charnockites rock formations supplemented by granites at the lower crust level, and
Bangui_magnetic_anomaly
The Late Archean was marked by the deposition of ancient greywacke, charnockite and basic eruptions from numerous volcanoes and fumaroles.[citation needed]
Geology_of_Ukraine
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